[2] On June 5, 2017, the Hearst Corporation purchased Digital First Media, absorbing Connecticut Magazine as well as the Connecticut newspapers The Middletown Press, The New Haven Register, and The Register Citizen, in Torrington, and the weekly publications The Post-Chronicle, The Milford-Orange Bulletin, The ShoreLine Times, The Dolphin, in Groton, The West Hartford News, The Foothills Trader, in Torrington, The Litchfield County Times and The Fairfield & Westport Minuteman.

[4] The magazine's biggest annual issues are lists including: "Best Restaurants (Readers' Choice)," "Best Doctors," "Top Dentists," and "Best of Connecticut."

The magazine's dining section includes reviews, recipes, and restaurant listings.

Michael Lee-Murphy won top honors in the magazine arts and entertainment category.

The magazine won first-place for their examination of every shoreline community's plans to deal with rising sea levels.